After you configure your iSCSI initiator, the next step is to
discover available iSCSI targets in your environment. You can do
this by performing the following steps:
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Click on the Discover tab of the iSCSI Initiator
Properties dialog box, and click Discover Portal to open the
Discover Target Portal dialog box:
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Type the IP address or DNS name (hostname or FQDN) for the
target portal (iSCSI Target Server) that hosts the target to
which you want to connect, and then click OK. If additional
configuration is required to discover the target portal, click
Advanced.
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After you click OK, the target portal you specified will
be displayed in the Target Portals list on the Discover
tab.
If you now switch to the Targets tab, the Discovered Targets
list should display all the targets available on the portal for the
initiator to connect to. (See Figure 7.)
Note
Troubleshooting
iSCSI target discovery
If your attempt to discover an iSCSI target fails, it is
usually for one of the following reasons:
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The wrong target portal IP address or DNS name was
configured on the initiator.
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The wrong IQN for the initiator was assigned when the
target was created.
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There are problems with network connectivity between the
initiator and target computers.
Troubleshooting the first issue is straightforward. To see
if the second issue is the cause of the problem, try assigning
IQN* as the target, which allows any initiator to connect to it.
And, of course, you can troubleshoot the third issue using
standard network troubleshooting procedures.
